The interrater reliability of the classification of schouldercomplaints according to the Dutch College of General Practitioners guidelines and of clinical shouldertests
Completed
- Conditions
- classificationalgorithmshouldercomplaint10043237
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON45231
- Lead Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Aspecific and mild specific shouldercomplaints, 18 years
of age or older, and agreement of the patient with the research protocol
Exclusion Criteria
• severe trauma last 3 months
• signs of cervical nerve root compression
• severe diseases (e.g. cancer)
• presence of specific rheumatic disorders
• shoulder disorders due to neurologic diseases (e.g. CVA, MS, M. Parkinson)
• insulin dependant diabetes
• shoulder disorders due to general internal thoracic and abdominal pathology
• presence of dementia
• severe psychiatric, emotional or behavioural disorders
• inability to complete Dutch written questionnaires.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The inter-rater reliability between the two raters will be calculated for the<br /><br>individual shouldertests and for the 3 subgroups of he Dutch College of General<br /><br>Practitioners and the three phases of irritability. Percentages of agreement<br /><br>and unweighted Kappa, including its 95% CI, will serve to test inter-rater<br /><br>agreement and reliability. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>NA</p><br>